Hanging
['hæŋɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; 'in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment'.
(noun.) decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; 'the cold castle walls were covered with hangings'.
汉密尔顿校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hang
(a.) Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.
(a.) Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
(a.) Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.
(n.) The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.
(n.) Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
(n.) That which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, etc., or to cover or drape a door or window; -- used chiefly in the plural.
錄入:卢卡斯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Suspension.[2]. Death by the halter.
吉塞尔編輯
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To see a large concourse of people gathering at a hanging, denotes that many enemies will club together to try to demolish your position in their midst. See Execution.
錄入:伦纳德
例句/造句/用法:
- Putting out my hand I felt several coats hanging from the wall, and I understood that I was in a passage. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- When the maid entered, about seven, there the unfortunate fellow was hanging in the middle of the room. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- I was glad thou wert hanging over my back when the shots were coming from behind us. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- The photograph shows the hanging car of the Russia. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- He sat quiet in a corner, with his fat hands hanging over his thick knees, and his head down, and his eyes looking at nothing. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- On the other hand, you can't admit but what it's natural in us to be anxious with such a thing hanging over our heads. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Steyne was hanging over the sofa on which Becky sat. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Is my handkerchief hanging out of my pocket, my dear? 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Hanging about the doorway (I fancied,) were slouchy Pompeiian street-boys uttering slang and profanity, and keeping a wary eye out for checks. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Sam's audience hanging on his words with open mouth, he could not but proceed. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- They trailed off to the dealer, the handsome but abject young fellow hanging a little aside. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Allow me to have the felicity of hanging up your nightcap, Sir. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Hanging is too good for him, said Mr. Cruelty. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- On either side are represented as hanging small pictures of Tycho's patron, Frederick II of Denmark (d. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Yes, yes, my dear, so it does,' said the Jew, hanging a large street-door key on the forefinger of the young lady's right hand. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Yes, said Mr. Brooke, this would be a pretty room with some new hangings, sofas, and that sort of thing. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- He lifted the hangings from the wall, uncovering the second door: this, too, he opened. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Some thick old hangings had been nailed up before the windows, to deaden the sound of the shrieks. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- From the hangings and sumptuous furniture of the room I judged it to be a living-room of some priestess, possibly of Issus herself. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- My guide drew aside one of the tapestries, disclosing a passage which encircled the room, between the hangings and the walls of the chamber. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
整理:泰丝